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Monuments to Kiev's founders burn as anti-government protesters clash with riot police in Kiev's Independence Square, the epicenter of the country's current unrest, Kiev, Ukraine, Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2014. Thousands of police armed with stun grenades and water cannons attacked the large opposition camp in Ukraine's capital on Tuesday that has been the center of nearly three months of anti-government protests after at least nine people were killed in street clashes. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

AP PHOTOS: Clashes set Kiev square aflame

The Associated Press · February 19, 2014 12:40 am

How the Dow Jones industrial average did

The Associated Press · February 18, 2014 10:10 pm

News Summary: Actavis to buy Forest Labs for $25B

The Associated Press · February 18, 2014 9:57 pm

A man waits at a bus stop on Randall Road near Batavia, Ill., Monday, Feb. 17, 2014. The National Weather Service on Monday forecast up to 8 inches of snow for areas of northern Illinois and 5 inches in central Illinois. (AP Photo/Daily Herald, John Starks)

US cold, Chinese growth help lift oil above $102

The Associated Press · February 18, 2014 9:19 pm

Coffee surges as dry conditions continue in Brazil

The Associated Press · February 18, 2014 8:17 pm

News Summary: Average credit card debt rises in 4Q

The Associated Press · February 18, 2014 8:07 pm

1,800 golf carts recalled due to safety risk

The Associated Press · February 18, 2014 6:08 pm

Britain's skip David Murdoch delivers the stone during the men's tiebreaker curling match against Norway at the 2014 Winter Olympics, Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2014, in Sochi, Russia. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)

AP PHOTOS: Colors, shapes, symbols shine at Sochi

The Associated Press · February 18, 2014 5:04 pm

News Summary: US homebuilder confidence slides

The Associated Press · February 18, 2014 4:43 pm

A large screen announces a brief snow delay in the start of the second run of the women's giant slalom at the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics, Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2014, in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. (AP Photo/Gero Breloer)

SOCHI SCENE: Delayed by … snow

The Associated Press · February 18, 2014 10:00 am

Snow in upper Midwest disrupts air travel

The Associated Press · February 18, 2014 4:58 am

Passengers are evacuated from a hijacked Ethiopian Airlines Plane on the airport in Geneva, Switzerland, Monday, Feb. 17, 2014. A hijacked aircraft traveling from Addis Abeda, Ethiopia, to Rome, Italy, has landed at Geneva's international airport early Monday morning. Swiss authorities have arrested the hijacker. (AP Photo/Keystone, Salvatore Di Nolfi)

A look at plane hijackings by Ethiopians

The Associated Press · February 17, 2014 5:45 pm